Pictures of You

Collected Stories

Tony Birch

• Publisher: University of Queensland Press
• eBook ISBN:
  9780702270390
• Year: 2025

Pictures of You: Collected Stories brings together the best of acclaimed writer Tony Birch' s short fiction from the past two decades. Cherrypicking from across his oeuvre, this anthology showcases his skills at finding the extraordinary in ordinary lives, and the often-unexpected connections and kindnesses between strangers. His work is by turns poignant, sad, profound and funny – and always powerful. Throughout this stellar collection, Birch' s preoccupation with the humanity of those who are often marginalised or overlooked, and the search for justice for people and the natural environment shines bright.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Author Biography
• Also by Tony Birch
• Title Page
• Imprint Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Pictures of You
• The Lesson
• The Bulldozer
• The Haircut
• The Last Time I Saw Cherry
• China
• Refuge of Sinners
• The Ghost of Hank Williams
• The Promise
• Snare
• Gifted
• The Ghost Train
• Death Star
• Frank Slim
• Paper Moon
• Colours
• The Tern
• Dark as Last Night
• Bobby Moses
• Bicycle Thieves
• The Death of Michael McGuire
• The Manger
• Acknowledgements